THE CLASH OF CULTURES IN HENRY JAMES: THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY‚ THE WINGS OF THE DOVE AND DAISY MILLER MASTER’S PROJECT UNIVERSITY OF CONSTANCE FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY DEPT. OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE WRITTEN BY MONICA O. V. IKE 1st EXAMINER: Dr. M. REIF-HÜLSER 2nd EXAMINER: Dr. Prof. ASSMANN CONSTANCE‚ APRIL 1998 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I want to express my gratitude to all the people who somehow have been a help and an encouragement in this work. To my parents for allowing
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Title of book/magazine: moral story (internet) Author: unknown Characters: The king‚ the mouse and the doves Setting: One day beneath a Banyan Tree Moral: When you work together‚ you are stronger and always be down to Earth. Vocabulary: Flock of doves- a group of doves There was a flock of doves that flew in search of food led by their king. Encourage- to give confidence or hope The dove king encouraged them to fly a little further. Club- a thick heavy stick that can be used as a weapon. They
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In the poem Sestina by Elizabeth Bishop she uses the literary terms of repetition and symbolism. She uses repetition throughout the poem by repeating the words almanac‚ stove‚ grandmother‚ child‚ house‚ and tears. She uses symbolism in the repetition of both the almanac and the tears symbolizing their fate and sadness. These repeated symbols add to the theme of the unavoidable death that is coming in the story. The story starts on a rainy September day‚ the grandmother reads an almanac to her granddaughter
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this simile‚ Achilles’ speed is being compared to "the wild mountain hawk"‚ which implies that Achilles is running exceptionally fast. This characterizes Achilles to be aggressive and determined to get what he wants. Hector is compared to "a cringing dove"‚ meaning Hector appears to be fragile and vulnerable as Achilles was catching up to
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instance of this is shown while Achilles trailing Hector round and round the mighty walls of Troy. As Hector fled in fear‚ Achilles “went for him‚ fast‚ sure of his speed / as the wild mountain hawk‚ the quickest thing on wings‚ / launching smoothly‚ swooping down on a cringing dove” (546). The detailed precision of the mountain hawk shown in this excerpt perfectly characterizes all the heroic traits that he possesses. Achilles is inhumanly swift and powerful with every step he takes‚ only further proving
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baby. I really am. You know I’m just trying to keep you safe right?” She closes her eyes and leans her back against me trying to let his words soothe her jittery nerves. Just then she hears a bird’s cry and her eyes spring open as she remembers the dove. She pushes him away and cradles the knife she was still carrying. He grabs her arm and pulls her back still murmuring his false promises into her shoulder. She breaks out of his embrace‚ the blade of the knife dragging across one of his arms. She
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poetically constructed into detailed metaphors of his heroic strength as the two warriors face one another. One instance of this‚ shows Achilles in the pursuit of Hector as a “wild mountain hawk‚ the quickest thing on wings‚ / launching smoothly‚ swooping down on a cringing dove / and the dove flits out from under‚ the hawk screaming… his fury driving him down” (546). This connection to a ferocious and bloodthirsty mountain hawk further symbolizes his exceptional speed and power. Homer could have used
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Animals Kinkajou: honey bear Genus:potos Spiecies:flavus habitat Fifty degrees North to fifteen degrees South‚ and thirty-five degrees to sixty-five degrees in the Amazon Rainforest lives a mammal called the kinkajou. The kinkajou mostly sleeps in the upper canopy‚ hiding in the holes of the trees during the day napping. It’s a cute little animal with the body grows from 16 to 30 inches; its tail grows from 15 to 33 inches. Its shoulder height is up to 10 inches and it weights 3 to 10 pounds
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them. One piece will be the head and body with a fan tail‚ the second piece will represent the wings. The art principally concerns the making of the wing and tail feathers. The whole block of each wing is carved according to the silhouette of a single feather. Then the block is sliced into thirteen thin layers and these are gently opened out‚ one by one‚ to make a fan shape. Likewise for the second wing and for the tail feathers. The two pieces of wood are joined together to form a cross and the bird
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Abstract The Bible is full of many types and pictures representing other concepts. These may purposely be put in place inspired by the Holy Spirit or they may be what some theologian or biblical student has dreamed up. Although the Holy Spirit is part of the Godhead the saints of the Old Testament era did not think of Him as a separate divine being but rather as a powerful force of God. This force was believed to be proof of the presence of God. The development of the doctrine and role of
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